Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STROD, v. Also strodd; strowd; strodge. To stride or strut along (Slk. 1825 Jam., Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., ‡strod, strodge); “to walk fast without speaking” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).Slk. 1820 Hogg Winter Ev. Tales I. 241, 282:
Hae ye tint your shoon, that ye maun be strodgin about i' your boots? . . . The rest maun jwost strodd their ways.Slk. 1824 Hogg Confessions (1874) 518:
Satan wad strodge with a pack-lade o' the souls o' proud professors on his braid shoulders.
